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-Mike Carey +Albert Camus
-Lucifer (series) +The Plague
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-Analects +Lucifer (series)
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-John Taylor Gatto +John Taylor Gatto
-Underground History of American Education +Underground History of American Education
-Kahlil Gibran +Kahlil Gibran
-A Tear and a Smile +A Tear and a Smile
-The Prophet +The Prophet
-Sand and Foam +Sand and Foam
-The Madman +The Madman
-Homer +Homer
-The Odyssey +The Odyssey
-Aldous Huxley +Aldous Huxley
-The Doors of Perception +The Doors of Perception
-Heaven and Hell +Heaven and Hell
-Brave New World +Brave New World
-William James +William James
-The Varieties of Religious Experience +The Varieties of Religious Experience
-The PhD Octopus +The PhD Octopus
-Henry James +Henry James
-The Altar of the Dead +The Altar of the Dead
-Gregor Kiczales +Gregor Kiczales
-The Art of the Metaobject Protocol +The Art of the Metaobject Protocol
-Søren Kierkegaard +Søren Kierkegaard
-Sickness Unto Death +Sickness Unto Death
-Either/Or +Either/Or
-Fear and Trembling +Fear and Trembling
-Repetition +Repetition +
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+The Concept of Anxiety
-Alisa Kwitney +Alisa Kwitney
-Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold +Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
-David Lamkins +David Lamkins
-Successful Lisp +Successful Lisp
-Mencius +Mencius
-Mencius +Mencius
-Walter Miller +Walter Miller
-A Canticle for Leibowitz +A Canticle for Leibowitz
-John Milton +John Milton
-Paradise Lost +Paradise Lost
-Alan Moore +Alan Moore
-Watchmen +Watchmen
-V for Vendetta +V for Vendetta
-Thomas More +Thomas More
-Utopia +Utopia
-Friedrich Nietzsche +Friedrich Nietzsche
-Thus Spoke Zarathustra +Thus Spoke Zarathustra
-Beyond Good and Evil +Beyond Good and Evil
-On the Geneaology of Morals +On the Geneaology of Morals
-Ecce Homo +Ecce Homo
-George Orwell +George Orwell
-1984 +1984
-Animal Farm +Animal Farm
-Plato +Plato
-Symposium +Symposium +
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-Crito +Protagoras
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-Protagoras +Tales of Mystery and Suspense
-Luke Rhinehardt +Luke Rhinehardt
-The Dice Man +The Dice Man
-Neal Stephenson +Neal Stephenson
-Snow Crash +Snow Crash
-Cryptonomicon +Cryptonomicon
-Bjarne Stroustrup +Bjarne Stroustrup
-The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition) +The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)
-JRR Tolkien +JRR Tolkien
-The Lord of the Rings +The Lord of the Rings
-The Silmarillion +The Silmarillion
-The Lost Tales +The Lost Tales
-Kurt Vonnegut +Kurt Vonnegut
-Cat's Cradle +Cat's Cradle
-H.G. Wells +H.G. Wells
-The Island of Dr Moreau +The Island of Dr Moreau
-Yevgeny Zamyatin +Robert Anton Wilson
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Lucifer (series)

Rating: •••••••••• (6) / Fiction

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Confucius

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Analects

Nonfiction

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Neil Gaiman

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The Sandman (series)

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Good Omens

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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+American Gods

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Rating: •••••••••• (6) / Fiction

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Entertaining, but the end was a bit much rushed.

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John Taylor Gatto

Former teacher and now author-activist.

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Underground History of American Education

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Nonfiction

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Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran is fairly interesting; his earlier works do not @@ -872,7 +932,7 @@ paperbacks with a hardcasing, and are of seriously inferior quality to the editions from the 50s and 60s (and cost quite a bit more, naturally).

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A Tear and a Smile

Rating: •••••••••• (3) / Fiction

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The Prophet

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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Sand and Foam

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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The Madman

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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Homer

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The Odyssey

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Aldous Huxley

Perhaps the most overrated modern writer. Other people have written everything he has to write better and many years before he got around to it.

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The Doors of Perception

Rating: •••••••••• (0) / Nonfiction

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Heaven and Hell

Rating: •••••••••• (0) / Nonfiction

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Brave New World

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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William James

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Nonfiction

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The PhD Octopus

Nonfiction

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Henry James

The novelist brother of William James; I've not read many (read: one) of his books, but what I did was decent.

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The Altar of the Dead

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Gregor Kiczales

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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Søren Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard was a master of style and philosophy; his writing is interesting even if one finds the theistic extentialism espoused disagreeable.

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Sickness Unto Death

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Either/Or

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Fear and Trembling

Nonfiction

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Repetition

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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+The Concept of Anxiety

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Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Nonfiction

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...Very clearly an early work of Kierkegaard. It is rather formal +and difficult to get through. I'd recommend reading a lot of other +Kierkegaard before this.

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Alisa Kwitney

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Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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David Lamkins

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Successful Lisp

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Nonfiction

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Mencius

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Mencius

Nonfiction

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Walter Miller

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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John Milton

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Paradise Lost

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Alan Moore

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Watchmen

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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V for Vendetta

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Thomas More

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Utopia

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Friedrich Nietzsche

A bit acerbic and esoteric, Nietzsche is for me a good secular @@ -1238,7 +1309,7 @@ by being read by far too many angsty teenagers who see (and relay) only Nietzsche the asshole rather than Nietzsche the master of the polemic.

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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Beyond Good and Evil

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Nonfiction

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On the Geneaology of Morals

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Nonfiction

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Ecce Homo

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Nonfiction

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George Orwell

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1984

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Animal Farm

Fiction

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Plato

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Symposium

Fiction

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Euthyphro

Fiction

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Apology

Nonfiction

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Crito

Fiction

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Phaedo

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Protagoras

Fiction

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+Edgar Allan Poe

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ULTRAGOTHIK

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+Tales of Mystery and Suspense

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Rating: •••••••••• (6) / Fiction

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This is when I learned that I still don't really like late 1800s +American literature all that much. Some of the tales were worth +reading, but most of it was not in a style I like all that much.

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Luke Rhinehardt

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The Dice Man

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Neal Stephenson

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Snow Crash

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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Cryptonomicon

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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Bjarne Stroustrup

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The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)

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JRR Tolkien

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The Lord of the Rings

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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The Silmarillion

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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The Lost Tales

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Kurt Vonnegut

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Cat's Cradle

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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H.G. Wells

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The Island of Dr Moreau

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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+Robert Anton Wilson

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Or rather, Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea (but my book script +updating thing doesn't do multiple authors

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+The Illuminatus! Trilogy

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Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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e-cash MP5K-SD Adriatic Bellcore Lon Horiuchi 9705 Samford Road +jihad New World Order AVN FTS2000 ANZUS subversive SAPO PET Armani

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Yevgeny Zamyatin

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